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#9 Adel Taarabt
If Bendtner’s is a case of a player’s unwillingness to change and cockiness affecting his career, it is a lack of work ethic that has stalled the career of Adel Taarabt. The promising Moroccan’s temperament has been in question time and time again, with his alarming dip in fitness further reinforcing doubts over his desire.
Naturally, with a lack of drive and desire comes a lack of tactical responsibility. Taarabt’s heat map in the 2014-15 season, especially in the away fixtures, shows the playmaker predominantly occupying a small nucleus behind the striker, with his defensive movement being absolutely negligible.
This combined with his lack of pace, fitness and stamina, make him the worst kind of footballer there is, more often than not – a liability.
The aforementioned reasons mean that he cannot ply his trade in any other part of the pitch. So, unless he takes it upon himself and improves all facets of his game, a light at the end of the tunnel would be hard to find.
